18 Important Life Lessons We Learned From “Pet Sematary”

#1 First life lessons: if you’re in the market for a new house, maybe make sure said new house doesn’t come with a cemetery??

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#2 Like, especially if freaky kids with animal masks hang out around it.

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#3 Another important lesson: if your neighbor tries to talk to you about some supernatural place that can revive the dead, leave!!!

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#4 On the other hand, if you **are** the person who knows about that supernatural place for reviving the dead, maybe don’t go telling your poor neighbors.

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#5 And definitely don’t go visiting said supernatural hotspot if it’s filled with ancient warnings that basically say “Keep out” in all caps…

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#6 Or if you learn that there may or may not be an ancient spirit haunting the grounds.

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#7 Pro tip: talk to your kids about death and dying before they become the walking dead…

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#8 And if your cat turns into an aggressive and violent zombie cat, maybe keep ‘em away from your kids.

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#9 But, whatever you do, don’t just **abandon** them somewhere.

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#10 If you’re a doctor, and the ghost of one of your patients tells you not to do something, pay attention to them???

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#11 Because if you don’t, the ghost just might start communicating with your kids, which never leads to good things!

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#12 Speaking of ghosts, if your evil undead sister appears before you, you should definitely move.

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#13 As an aside: always use conditioner, because do you really want to come back from the dead with tangly scraggly hair like this??

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#14 If your husband starts talking to you about reviving your dead daughter, DUMP — and I can’t emphasize this enough — HIM.

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